viable
French, adjective/vjabl/
viable is spelled V-I-A-B-L-E (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viable is a French adjective meaning “viable (that can live, that can survive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est apte à vivre”.
What does viable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
viable (that can live, that can survive)
- 2
viable, feasible
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est apte à vivre. 2. Qui a de bonnes chances de pouvoir perdurer, de pouvoir aboutir aux résultats escomptés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of viable
- viables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viable?
- /vjabl/
- \vjabl\
- [vjabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to viable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viable in French?
viable appears 3.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).